Release Date: March 30, 2005

John Jungck

MONMOUTH, Ill. — John Jungck, professor of biology at Beloit College, will present the annual Donald B. McMullen Memorial Lecture in Biology at Monmouth College on April 5 at 11 a.m. in the Dahl Chapel and Auditorium.

Entitled “Patterns of Nature,” the lecture is free and open to the public. Jungck will also present a lecture for biology students entitled “10 Equations That Changed Biology” at 4 p.m. in Room 423 in the Haldeman-Thiessen Science Center. Persons interested in attending the afternoon lecture are asked to call the biology department at 309-457-2361 to ensure seating.

Jungck has specialized in mathematical molecular evolution, the history and philosophy of biology and science education reform. In 1986, he co-founded the BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium, a national consortium of college and university biology educators devoted to curricular reform across the nation. It promotes quantitative, open-ended problem solving, collaborative learning, peer review, research and civic engagement/social responsibility.

Jungck is a Fulbright Scholar (Thailand), a Mina Shaughnessy Scholar, a Fellow of the National Institute of Science Education and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

The McMullen Lectureship in Biology was endowed in 1973 by Mrs. Donald McMullen of Silver Springs, Md., in memory of her husband, who was a biology professor at Monmouth College from 1928 to 1938. The fund was established to assist the college in bringing to campus outstanding scholars in the biological sciences.

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